Baylor (19-2, 6-2 Big 12) led by 12 early in the second half before J'Covan Brown led a charge that helped the Longhorns tie the game.

» No. 2 Missouri 63, Texas Tech 50: At Columbia, Mo., Kim English scored 19 points in the first half, Marcus Denmon added 13 after the break, and Missouri had just enough to avoid a second straight upset with a shaky victory against Texas Tech.

Jaye Crockett had 11 points and 11 rebounds and Ty Nurse scored 13 for Texas Tech (7-13, 0-8 Big 12), which shaved a 15-point deficit to seven on Clark Lammert's 3-pointer off the glass at the shot-clock buzzer with 2:36 to go.

Melvin Ejim added 15 points for the Cyclones (15-6, 5-3 Big 12), who had lost 13 straight to Kansas since their last victory in 2005.

» No. 1 Kentucky 74, LSU 50: At Baton Rouge, La., Terrence Jones highlighted a 27-point performance with a 13-0 run on his own and No. 1 Kentucky pulled away in the second half for a win over struggling LSU.

» No. 3 Syracuse 63, West Virginia 61: At Syracuse, N.Y., Brandon Triche had 18 points, including a pair of free throws that broke the final tie with 88 seconds left, and Syracuse beat West Virginia.

» No. 8 Duke 83, St. John's 76: At Durham, N.C., Mason Plumlee had 15 points and a career-high 17 rebounds to help Duke hold off St. John's.

Ryan Kelly scored 16 points and Andre Dawkins added 14 for the Blue Devils (18-3), who led by 22 with 17 minutes left but shot just 30 percent in the second half while the Red Storm rallied.

» Pittsburgh 72, No. 9 Georgetown 60: At Pittsburgh, Nasir Robinson scored 23 points and made all nine of his field goal attempts to lead Pittsburgh past Georgetown.

» No. 11 Murray State 73, Eastern Illinois 58: At Murray, Ky., Donte Poole and Isaiah Canaan each scored 18 points, and Murray State remained the only unbeaten team in Division I with a victory over Eastern Illinois.

» Colorado State 77, No. 13 San Diego State 60: At Fort Collins, Colo., Wes Eikmeier scored 19 points and Colorado State made all 23 of its free throws, beating San Diego State for its first home win over a ranked team in more than eight years.

» Oklahoma 63, No. 22 Kansas State 60: At Manhattan, Kan., Steven Pledger scored 30 points, and Oklahoma weathered a second-half charge by Kansas State and some tense moments down the stretch to give coach Lon Kruger a victory over his former team.